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{Crafts}: First Class Retirement Party Invitations

I am so excited to start sharing with you some of the great DIY stuff I created for my Dad’s airplane/travel themed retirement party! It all began with my first etsy order (unbelievable I know!) of some air mail Japanese tape. And so began all of the planning. I needed air mail envelopes, blue balloons with clouds, to design an invitation, a banner, etc. So to kick it all off here is the first project!

Project #1: Boarding Pass Invitations and Air Mail Envelopes

Tools

Boarding pass template-I found mine at aylee bits with a great tutorial too!

Program similar to Microsoft Publisher

Font similar to OC RA (I downloaded mine from dafonts.com)

Color printer and off white card stock or through printing service like Kinko’s

Paper cutter/scissors

Perforate cutter

Air Mail envelopes (I found mine on Amazon.com)

Japanese air mail masking tape (I found mine on etsy.com)

Travel acrylic stamps (I found mine at a local craft store)

Instructions/Tips

Download the aylee bits boarding pass template. I used the template on a blank Microsoft Publisher document and added clip art and text as I wanted in the first template.

For the font I downloaded the OCRA text that looks like an old boarding pass font.

Here is the sloppy edited version of the pdf. Sorry about that! Go to the pdf link it is much better looking!

Once you have designed your first invitation on the template, copy and paste it in the remaining two spots.

Print as many as you need in color on card stock-I used Kinko’s to print mine.

Cut each template out and using the perforate tool and ruler on a mat score where you would like to create a tear off look on the boarding pass. I perforated the edge where the directions to the party were so it was like a seat stub on a boarding pass and where the edge with the seat belt and seat number were. Such a cool tool!

I ordered some air mail envelopes (a ton so I can use them for other stuff!)

To seal the envelopes I used that awesome Japanese air mail masking tape!

These are a great fun way to get people excited about the party! Super inexpensive too!